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Paradonea

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Paradonea is a genus of African velvet spiders that was first described by R. F. Lawrence in 1968.

Species

GENUS

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumArthropoda
  3. ClassArachnida
  4. OrderAraneae
  5. FamilyEresidae

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Specimen records
11
With media
4
Family
Eresidae
Collections
ARC-PPRI
Recorded in
South Africa, Southern Africa, Botswana, Namibia

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Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Eresidae
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Paradonea presleyi body.png
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taxon name
Paradonea
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Paradonea is a genus of African velvet spiders that was first described by R. F. Lawrence in 1968.

==Species== it contains five species: Paradonea parva (Tucker, 1920) – Namibia, Botswana, South Africa Paradonea presleyi Miller, Griswold, Scharff, Řezáč, Szűts & Marhabaie, 2012 – Zimbabwe, South Africa Paradonea splendens (Lawrence, 1936) – Botswana, South Africa Paradonea striatipes Lawrence, 1968 (type) – Namibia, South Africa Paradonea variegata (Purcell, 1904) – Namibia, Botswana, South Africa

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